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Relationships, communities and investment: what our recent CRFR blogs tell us
Over the past year, the CRFR blog has hosted contributions from researchers and third-sector partners working across youth work, policing, volunteering and family support. Each blog focuses on a different and unique issue. But as we reviewed the writings, it was striking to see
Rebuilding Trust – How Police and Young Marginalised People Can Shape Better Relationships
Alan Mackie explores one of the most pressing challenges for contemporary policing: how to repair and strengthen relationships between young people and the police in resource-deprived communities.
Small acts, big impact: how communities can support families through everyday challenges
Jean Lowe discusses how communities can support families through everyday challenges, and the reasons that can impact someone’s willingness to offer and/or receive a supportive action.
What Happens to Friendship When We Marry? Insights from Urban India
Himalika Mohanty discusses how marriage and anticipated motherhood reshape friendships among urban middle-class adults in India, particularly for women.
Beyond the Youth Worker: Why Families Are the Missing Link in Youth Work
Olivia Darby discusses their recent research on youth work and family engagement. The WONDER Foundation works in over 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America to empower women and girls to get the education they need to exit poverty for good.
Muslim women’s entrepreneurial spaces as spaces of care and solidarity in Delhi, India
Entrepreneurship is commonly associated with productivity and performance, infrastructures, and more recently “start-up” culture. But what when entrepreneurship is grounded in informal, home-based, small-scale businesses driven not by capitalistic notions of profit making but instead by feminist notions of care and empathy?
Who Do You Think We Are?: The Seen and Unseen in Family History
Read Yoshinori Kasai on how we search for our roots, uncovering the records, memories, and hidden gaps that shape family histories in Japan and elsewhere.
Thinking of Children’s Socializing
Read Yoshinori Kasai on how children build connections within their communities, drawing own his research on how a traditional folk event once provided an important opportunity for children to socialize.